Lift Off to Literacy Program Overview

Using a Shared Reading Approach

Young readers will love the new shared reading titles in Lift Off to Literacy. With audio support for listening and reading along, your students will develop early literacy skills through rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and predictable texts.

Help your students to:

Enjoy rich texts in a highly supportive environment

Think and talk about books

Develop an understanding of how books work

Expand their oral vocabulary.

A mix of stories and rhymes, and books that introduce young readers to informational texts

Lift Off to Literacy is organized into three topic sets:

My Family and Me

In the World

Living Things

Each book links to and extends the key vocabulary of a Vocabulary Starter, allowing teachers to begin a conversation and explore the vocabulary related to the specific topic of the book.

The Teaching and Learning Sequence

Introducing the shared book

The teacher shares the book with the students, talking about the title, author, and illustrator, and briefly highlights what the book will be about. The teacher then reads the book to the students.

Revisiting the shared book

The teacher and students revisit the book, with the students being encouraged to join in the reading as the book becomes familiar. Where appropriate, the teacher focuses on teaching specific foundational skills. The teacher introduces the linking Vocabulary Starter to open up a conversation and explore the vocabulary and content related to the book.

Listening and reading along

The students work individually with a matching Small Book and a Reading Pen. Students listen to and follow along with the text. This is an excellent support for English Language Learners.